Violet Empire was released last month by CB I Hate Perfume, and is said to have been inspired in part by Diane Ackerman’s A Natural History of the Senses. The fragrance notes include CB Violet Empress (a violet accord), elemi, violet leaf absolute, rosewood, mahogany and Russian leather.
Violet Empire is a must-try for violet lovers, although it is not a soliflore in the manner of say, Borsari’s Violetta di Parma…
CB I Hate Perfume has a newly redesigned website and online store, and has added several new fragrances:
Violet Empire is “blended from CB Violet Empress, Elemi, Violet Leaf Absolute, Rosewood, Mahogany, and Russian Leather. Violet EMPIRE is an unusual yet very elegant perfume. The violet scent perpetually peeps out from behind a shining green veil.”
Wild Pansy “is actually the smell of wild violets growing in the forest very crisp grassy & casual…”
Bobbi Brown launched her Beach fragrance in 2002, and it has been a best seller for the brand since then. The notes include summery sand, jasmine, sea spray, dianthus dune flower, neroli petals and driftwood.
Bobbi Brown Beach isn’t a tropical sort of beach fragrance, like J Lo’s Miami Glow or Matthew Williamson’s eponymous scent; it smells like an Atlantic beach vacation (East Coast of the US, to be more exact): a bit of fresh sea air, a bit of salt water, and the very synthetic smell of sunscreen. The opening is a wee bit sharp, and rather reminiscent of some of the sunscreen sprays that have suddenly become popular at my own local pool this summer, but it settles nicely. I have seen the smell compared to Coppertone, and it does have something rather Coppertone-ish about it, but it isn’t the dead ringer for Coppertone that is At The Beach 1966…
Memory of Kindness is one of the latest fragrance releases from CB I Hate Perfume. It was inspired by a childhood memory of crawling under a tangle of tomato vines, and the notes are fresh tomato leaves, green tomato vines and garden earth.
This is a must try for green fragrance lovers, especially those of you who adore the scent of tomato leaf. It captures their distinctive bitter-green herbal aroma perfectly…
CB I Hate Perfume has released two new fragrances:
Memory of Kindness is part of the Secret History collection, and was inspired by crawling through a jungle of tomato vines…you will just have to read the description…